Chuck Ross

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Chuck Ross is the managing director of TVWeek.com. He's been involved in the TV business ever since he sold cable TV subscriptions in Santa Monica, Calif., door-to-door in the mid-to-late 1970s. He's had regular gigs reporting and/or editing about TV and advertising for Cablevision magazine,The Hollywood Reporter, the San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Media and Advertising Age. He first joined the predecessor to TVWeek, Electronic Media, in 2000.

Carradine’s Death Not Suicide, Forensic Expert Says After New Autopsy

The forensics expert hired by David Carradine’s family concluded that the actor’s death wasn’t a suicide, the Associated Press reported. But Dr. Michael Baden said in a statement that more information was needed from Thai authorities, including findings from the…

Cher’s Daughter Chastity to Have Operation to Become a Man

Chastty Bono, 40, began the sex-change process earlier this year, the Associated Press reports. The daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono was first introduced to millions of Americans when she appeared as a child on her parents variety…

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Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope Want to Produce TV Shows

Peter Chernin, who will officially exit as News Corp’s president and COO at the end of June, and Katherine Pope, the well-regarded executive who is expected to head the TV division of Chernin’s new production company, are already soliciting project…

TV Sets with Built-in Connection to the Internet Start Shipping to Retailers—If Popular They Could Upset the Traditional TV and Film Biz Models

The shipment of TV sets with direct connection to the Internet has begun, Variety reports. Most "disturbing will be the potential ability for people to easily grab a pirated film online and stream it directly to their television," the article…

More Staff Cuts at PBS

PBS made more staff cuts Wednesday as it tries to figure out how to cope with a budget deficit of $3.4 million for fiscal 2010, B&C reports. —Chuck Ross

Enabling Cable Customers to See TV Shows Online Hits Snag

TV Everywhere—the plan cable operators have to allow their customers to watch TV shows online—has hit a snag, Multichannel News reports. "The hard part is not the technology, [it’s] putting the business rules around it, which is really from the…

Palin: Letterman’s Comments About Daughter ‘Sexually Perverted’ and ‘Disgusting’; Todd Says Jokes About Someone ‘Raping’ His Daughter are ‘Despicable’

Alaska Governor—and former Republican VP candidate—Sarah Palin—said David Letterman’s remarks Tuesday night were “sexually perverted,” according to Fox News. Commenting about Palin’s recent trip to New York City, Letterman said, "One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game:…

Miss California Shocked by Firing, Says Pageant Was Trying to Get Her To Pose In Playboy and Star on a Reality Show

Carrie Prejean, Miss California, who was fired yesterday by USA pageant owner Donald Trump and K2 Productions, says she was asked by K2 to pose for Playboy and to appear on NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here,” both…

Carradine Placed Large Order at Sex Store Just 3 Weeks Before He Died

David Carradine, the former TV star who died under mysterious circumstances in Thailand during what has been characterized as participating in a sex game, made a large order at a sex toy shop in Tarzana, Calif. not long before he…